Event

Mount St. Elias / 16th Berlin & Beyond Film Festival

TICKETS FOR "MOUNT ST. ELIAS" ARE STILL AVAILABLE AT CASTRO THEATRE BOX OFFICE.

Box office opens at 2:30pm.

Mount St. Elias

Directed by Gerald Salmina: "A dramatic and awe-inspiring feature documentary following three of the world's greatest ski mountaineers to the 18,000-foot Mount St. Elias in their attempt to realize the longest ski descent of the world.Set against the backdrop of Alaska's dangerous beauty, Mount St. Elias is about a visionary borderline experience where unparalleled physical and mental pressure pushes them to the absolute limit. They find themselves in puristic situations, in which heroism cannot easily be distinguished from folly. Situations which can only be mastered if reason is supposedly abandoned and in which courage as well as trust in their own abilities and last but not least luck are used as guidelines.Two Austrian ski mountaineers Axel Naglich and Peter Ressmann as well as the American freeski mountaineer Jon Jonhston are facing this breathtaking challenge! A team with individual abilities, but also a team of leaders, knowing they literally cannot survive without teamwork and cooperation. Especially Axel Naglich, he unconsciously takes the role of the protagonist due to his charismatic and authentic personality and, within the permanent struggle not against nature but against himself, polarizes as a strong character."

Length: 101 minutesProjection: 35mmProduction: Austria, 2009Languages: German & English with English subtitles

View Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bb1iFoD-Zbs - The trailer video to the right to view it larger)

WILL CALL POLICY: Please note that since your ticket(s) will be held at Will Call, it can ONLY be picked up on day of show. No exceptions. Will Call opens one hour prior to the first show of the day, and closes 30 minutes after the start of the last show of the day.